Category Archives: politics
Today’s Reblog Post: Face Of The Day
This is from The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan (See link below). US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama supporters stand in the cold during a rally at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, October 28, 2008. By Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty. Face Of The Day Andrew Sullivan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:20:27 GMT Technorati Tags: photograph,politics,Obama [...]
Why Is Sarah Palin Winking at Me?
She is quite the tease, that Sarah. Please note: I did not wink back, though I did wonder why Joe Biden didn’t wink at me too when he had the opportunity. Technorati Tags: Sarah Palin,Vice President Nominee,debate,wink,goshdarnit. maverick
Country First?
As a follower of Jesus there is only one thing that needs to come first in my life. It’s not my country. It’s not an affiliation with a political party – Democratic or Republican. And it’s not even my relationship with my beautiful daughter Desiree. The number one thing in my life must always be [...]
A Day to Remember: One Man Stares Down Tanks in Tiananmen Square
Image via Wikipedia The following is from today’s edition of "The Writer’s Almanac," which can be accessed here. I encourage you to subscribe to it, if you don’t already. It was on this day in 1989 that the Chinese troops stormed Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to crack down on students conducting pro-democracy demonstrations. The demonstrations had [...]
Two Interesting Quotes
While perusing The Christian Century today in the Union County (Lewisburg, PA) Public Library, I came across two quotes that struck a nerve in my old liberal self. The first is from Ellen Goodman (The Boston Globe March 21, 2008) and concerns our current fiscal and economic crisis. While the Federal Government refuses to "bail [...]
Banned in China
Weblogtoolscollection.com pointed out an interesting site today: Great Firewall of China. You can use this site to check and see if your site has been banned in China. This site has not been banned . . . yet. Is yours? Technorati tags: censorship, China, URL, website
Something Fishy is Going Down in Waldenburg, Arkansas
from the Daily Kos Randy Wooten, candidate for mayor of Waldenburg, Ark., received NO votes in the election, yet he knows he voted for himself, according to AP: Wooten got the news from his wife, Roxanne, who went to City Hall on Wednesday to see the election results. “She saw my name with zero votes [...]
What Does a Terrorist Look Like?
Some of you who read this blog may also read my bud Jim’s blog as well. Just in case you don’t let me say that Jim posted a link to a thought-provoking blog entry by Wasp Jerky. Wasp Jerky makes a very persuasive argument in just a few words (and a few more links) as [...]
V for Vendetta – A Film Review
Back in April, I saw the movie V for Vendetta shortly after its release. I thoroughly enjoyed the film, especially Natalie Portman’s character. Hugo Weaving of The Lord of the Rings (Elrond) and The Matrix (Agent Smith) also stars in the film, though we never actually see his face, as he plays the mysterious and [...]
The Only Winning Move
Today’s post is about the seeming bent of humankind towards its own destruction. I just finished watching the movie War Games with my 13 -year old daughter, Desiree. She had never seen the film before, and since it was playing on cable, I thought I’d introduce her to a movie that I first came to [...]
